Harness-hook.



H. UPDEGRAPH. HARNESS HOOK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21 r916 Patented Dec.12, 19l6.

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HARRY UPDEGRAPH, OF HOOPESTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 GEORGEW. DULEY, OF HOOPESION, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-HOOK.

Application filed February 21, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY UPDEGRAPH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hoopeston, in the county ofVermilion, State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulHarness-Hook; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved hook, adapted for use inconnection with different parts of harness and the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved hook,which is simple, efiicient and practical in construction, and may bemanufactured for a small cost and sold very reasonable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hook of this designwhich may be readily substituted for the ordinary snap hook, or used inplace of the usual trace tug hook to the hames, or in place of the tracehook to the swingle tree, or substituted for any other hook, where itmay be suitably applied.

ln practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a View in perspective showing the improvedhook constructed in accordance with the invention, and applied as aconnector between the trace and the hames. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the hook as applied for connecting a trace to a swingle-tree. Fig. 3is a plan view showing the first step in disconnecting a ring from thehook. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the second step for disconnectingthe ring. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view.

Referring more especially tothe drawings, 1 designates a portion of ahame, to which the hook 3 (which is provided with a loop 4) is attachedby means of the connections 6. The hoolc 3 comprises a body 7, whichtapers from the loop .4 toward and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916..

Serial No. 79,735.

terminates in an overhanging or goose-neck shaped hook 8, which isdesigned to be engaged by the ring 9 of one end of a trace, as shown inFig. 1, or carried by a swingletree as in Fig. 2. Riveted at 10 to thebody of the hook is a plate 11, the side edge portions of which haveflanges 12 arranged in parallelism and projecting laterally from theplate. These flanges act as guards to the overhanging hook, and havetheir edges 13 substantially flush with the edge 14 of said hook, thatis, in side elevation. In plan view it is to be observed that said hookis disposed centrally or at equal spaced intervals between said flanges,said spaces 15 being of such width, as to permit the ring, when disposedas in Figs. 8 and 4, to be disconnected from the hook. The flanges areprovided with extension lugs 16, which. prevent the ring from becomingtwisted or so positioned as to allow it to become accidentallydisconnected when jolted. 'lo disconnect the ring, the same is movedfrom its plan viewposition, so that it engages the shoulder 17, orrather the end 17 of the plate, and one side of the hook at 18, as shownin Fig. 3, and then a further turn or twist is imparted to the ringuntil it assumes approximately the position shown in Fig. 4, after whichthe ring may be moved out to one of the spaces between the hook and saidflanges.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis In a device as set forth, the combination of a shank member having aloop at one end and a hook at the other end at right angles to the loop,and a U-shaped plate on the shank, of means for securing the plate onthe shank, said plate having laterally extending parallel side flangesspaced apart upon opposite sides of the extremity of the hook and havingtheir edges substantially flush with the outer edge of the hook andconstituting guard elements to prevent a ring on the hook againstmovement toward the loop, the corresponding lateral end edges of theside flanges adjacent the hook having lugs constituting auxiliary guardelements to prevent outward movement of the ring,

said main guard elements and the auxiliary name to this specification inthe presence of gualid elements and the extremity of the two subscribingWitnesses. hoe being in such relations as to prevent detachment of thering Without disposing HARRY UPDEGRAPH' the same at right angles to thehook and to Witnesses: one side thereof. H. G. CARR,

In testimony whereof I have signed my ROBERT R. RODMAR.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. 7 Washington, D. (3.

